* Astronomy

Comet 163P/NEAT makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.461 AU) on the 9th November, 2011.

Mystery 'Object From Space' Spotted In Outback Residents living in a remote part of Australia have reported sightings of burning debris falling to the ground, possibly from space, in a mystery which has baffled police and locals. People living in Townsville, Queensland said they saw a large, flam...

Title: Probing the terminator region atmosphere of the Hot-Jupiter XO-1b with transmission spectroscopy Authors: G. Tinetti, P. Deroo, M. R. Swain, C. A. Griffith, G. Vasisht, L. R. Brown, C. Burke, P. McCullough We report here the first infrared spectrum of the hot-Jupiter XO-1b. The observati...

The magnitude +12.5 Type Ia Supernova 1957b was the first extragalactic supernova discovered by Italian astronomer Giuliano Romano on May 18,1957, from his private observatory located in Treviso. The supernova was located about 47" North and 8" West of the host galaxy NGC 4374 (Messi...

NGC 5205 (also IRAS 13283+6245, MCG 11-17-3, UGC 8501 and PGC 47425) is a magnitude +12.3 spiral galaxy located 81 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) refractor at the Marseille Observator...

Sun 17.05.14: The Sun captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam (2 panel photo mosaic)

**Sun 16.05.14**: Photo mosaic (hazy conditions)

Sun 16.05.14: Photo mosaic (hazy conditions)

The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2014 JA31 will make a close pass (25.6 lunar distances, 0.0657 AU), travelling at 14.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th May 2014 @ 01:45 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

The 36 - 81 metre wide asteroid 2014 JH15 will make a close pass (8.0 lunar distances, 0.0206 AU), travelling at 13.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th May 2014 @ 12:58 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...

Orbital elements: 2007 VD12 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0111 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 292.81242 (2000.0) P Q n 0.80331827 Peri. 91.29081 -0.82922710 -0.43948360 a 1.1460695 Node 62.73852 +0.21430166 -0.82060890 e 0.3647017 Incl. 22.85833 +0.51619494 -0.36531521 P 1.23 H...

NGC 4611 (also IC 805, MCG 2-32-179, UGC 7849 and PGC 42564) is a magnitude +14.3 edge-on spiral galaxy located 281 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the...

NGC 5466 is a class XII globular cluster in the Boötes constellation. Located 51,800 light years from Earth and 52,800 light years from the Galactic centre, it was discovered by William Herschel on May 17, 1784 and as H VI.9. It is thought to be the source of a stellar stream discovered in 2006. [url=ht...

NGC 5662 (also Melotte 127, Collinder 284, ESO 175-SC10 and OCL 928) is a magnitude +5.5 open star cluster located 21720 light years away in the constellation Centaurus. The cluster was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille using a 1.27 cm (0.5 inch), 8x magnification, refract...

ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has just completed its last phase of testing in Europe and is ready to be shipped to its launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. One and a half years after its sister spacecraft Mars Express arrived at Mars, Europe’s newest planetary probe is...

The Omolon (Pallasite) meteorite fell in Magadanskaya oblast', Russia, on the 16th May, 1981. A total mass of 250 kg was recovered. 64° 1' 12"N, 161° 48' 30"E On May 16, 1981 at 5:10 there was a report from a meteorological station of a bright fireball. A mass of 250 kg was found in 1983 by I. T...